cycling me and my hubby have quite a long twisty relationship.
I was the instigator. I had done a fair amount of distance riding when I was in middle/high school. He had a hand me down 10 speed that used to be his mom's. It was really small for him. I convinced him to but a new and much bigger bike.
We did some touring and a fair amount of weekend riding together while we were in college, but when we bought our house, home renovations took over for a while. Meanwhile I was working for a hospital and they were sending a team of disabled riders on the STP (Seattle to Portland). We started riding a lot again training to do the ride with them.
Fast forward a few years. After some more touring and another STP the hubby decides he wants to go to the next level and buys a racing bike, starts racing, joins a team. I start having trouble keeping up....
Now its his turn, he convinces me that I need a lighter and better fitting bike. New bike - I stop having trouble keeping up He convinces me that I should try a race, and I do well, I join a team and start racing!
We're starting to diverge a little bit. I've been doing quite well at road races, he still comes out and does them, but he's been doing track and finding it suits him better. I go and watch his track races, but I've never done it.
We still ride together, but often we are either both racing, or doing team rides, so we probably ride together less than before.